The Mount Rainier Police today received information from PGPD CID detectives that they have obtained an arrest warrant for Erick Clarence Jackson of the 2200 block of Otis Street, NE DC in connection with the April 7th armed robbery of Glut. Mr. Jackson is currently being held in DC on a separate charge of armed robbery that occurred in the District. He will be transferred to Prince George’s County when he is released from custody in DC. The second suspect in the Glut robbery has not yet been identified.
There is a new spam campaign in circulation using the Boston Marathon bombings that occurred on April 15, 2013 as a lure. Users are sent an e-mail encouraging them to a watch a video of the explosion. When the user clicks on the enclosed link to watch the video malware is installed on the user’s computer. The following URL patterns have been found in these e-mails: http://[IP-address]/boston.html http://[IP-address]/news.html When the user clicks on one of the links the Kehlios worm is installed on the user’s system which has the capacity to send spam; carry out Distributed Denial of Service Attacks; and steal online currency such as bitcoins. Most major anti-virus vendors have signatures for detecting this malware so users should keep their antivirus programs up-to-date. In addition to the Boston Marathon spam campaign, a West, Texas plant explosion spam campaign has also sprung up. This spam campaign uses similar exploitation techniques as the Boston Marathon spam campaign p
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